164 TASMANJAN 8TATE EEC0RD8, 



GAZETTES OTHER THAN TASMANIAN. Our col- 

 lection of these is interesting and valuable, although rarely 

 used. It includes: — 



(1) SYDNEY Gazette, 1833 to 1864. 



(2) LONDON Gazette (bound), 1839 to 1874. Unbound 

 to date. 



(3) WEST AUSTRALIA Gazette, 1824 (No. 287) et 

 seq. 



(4) SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Gazette, 1842 (No. 212), 

 et seq. 



(5) VICTORIAN Gazette, June, 1852, et seq. 



(6) QUEENSLAND Gazette, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1864, 

 1865, 1866, 1867. 



(7) NEW ZEALAND Gazette, 1843 to 1866. 



(8) AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, SOUTHLAND and 

 OTAGO Gazettes, various dates from the fifties. 



(9) CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Gazette, January, 1847, 

 et seq. 



SOME SUGGESTIONS. 



I do not wish to close this paper without suggesting 

 practical application of its main purpose. I am certain that 

 if Governments realised the value, actual and historical, of 

 their old Records, they would have them properly indexed 

 and available for use. 



I think that a useful first step would be for all the 

 State Governments to get into communication with a view 

 to each having returned to its possession any documents 

 now held by another Government. 



The next step would be to arrange that all historical 

 matter held by State Governments should be arranged, 

 collated, and indexed on a system common to all. This is 

 an important aspect, which will be appreciated most by 

 those who have had the task of hunting up information in 

 more than one State. 



A further step would be an endeavour to obtain re- 

 possession of any official documents which by one means or 

 another have strayed from official custody. 



I need scarcely stress the great advantages which would 

 accrue if the State officers in charge of Historical Records 

 were to be in constant communication with each other. 



